Barbara Rush, who won a Golden Globe for most promising newcomer in “It Came From Outer Space” and went on to appear in “Peyton Place” and many other movies and TV shows, died Sunday. Her daughter, Fox News Channel correspondent Claudia Cowan, confirmed her death to Fox News Digital.
“My wonderful mother passed away peacefully at 5:28 this evening. I was with her this morning and know she was waiting for me to return home safely to transition,” Cowan told Fox. “It’s fitting she chose to leave on Easter as it was one of her favorite holidays and now, of course, Easter will have a deeper significance for me and my family.”
Rush appeared in soap operas including “All My Children” and on “7th Heaven,” and appeared in films such as “The Young Philadelphians,” “Robin and the 7 Hoods,” “Hombre” and “The Young Lions.” Her co-stars included Rock Hudson,...
“My wonderful mother passed away peacefully at 5:28 this evening. I was with her this morning and know she was waiting for me to return home safely to transition,” Cowan told Fox. “It’s fitting she chose to leave on Easter as it was one of her favorite holidays and now, of course, Easter will have a deeper significance for me and my family.”
Rush appeared in soap operas including “All My Children” and on “7th Heaven,” and appeared in films such as “The Young Philadelphians,” “Robin and the 7 Hoods,” “Hombre” and “The Young Lions.” Her co-stars included Rock Hudson,...
- 4/1/2024
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Barbara Rush, the classy yet largely unheralded leading lady who sparkled in the 1950s melodramas Magnificent Obsession, Bigger Than Life and The Young Philadelphians, has died. She was 97.
Rush, a regular on the fifth and final season of ABC’s Peyton Place and a favorite of sci-fi fans thanks to her work in When Worlds Collide (1951) and It Came From Outer Space (1953), died Sunday in Westlake Village, her daughter, Fox News senior correspondent Claudia Cowan, announced.
“My wonderful mother passed away peacefully at 5:28 this evening. I was with her this morning and know she was waiting for me to return home safely to transition,” Cowan said. “It’s fitting she chose to leave on Easter as it was one of her favorite holidays and now, of course, Easter will have a deeper significance for me and my family.”
A starlet at Paramount, Universal and Fox whose career blossomed at...
Rush, a regular on the fifth and final season of ABC’s Peyton Place and a favorite of sci-fi fans thanks to her work in When Worlds Collide (1951) and It Came From Outer Space (1953), died Sunday in Westlake Village, her daughter, Fox News senior correspondent Claudia Cowan, announced.
“My wonderful mother passed away peacefully at 5:28 this evening. I was with her this morning and know she was waiting for me to return home safely to transition,” Cowan said. “It’s fitting she chose to leave on Easter as it was one of her favorite holidays and now, of course, Easter will have a deeper significance for me and my family.”
A starlet at Paramount, Universal and Fox whose career blossomed at...
- 4/1/2024
- by Mike Barnes and Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There is, a critic will argue, a great deal of value in finding and discussing the worst films of the year. All the films released in a given epoch are a reflection of the trends and ideas that produced them, and scoring the bottom of the barrel for the worst filmmaking, the worst ideas, and the most misguided thinking will provide a valuable analysis of where we are as a society. Worst-of lists are important and vital and should be written with enthusiasm. They also let critics blow off steam a little bit; we don't have the luxury to skip bad movies or avoid talking about the ones we hate. It's our job.
The Golden Raspberries, or the Razzies for short, however, lost sight of that value a while back. The annual Razzies announcement is usually a snarky affair that only serves to pick on the year's least popular blockbusters,...
The Golden Raspberries, or the Razzies for short, however, lost sight of that value a while back. The annual Razzies announcement is usually a snarky affair that only serves to pick on the year's least popular blockbusters,...
- 2/15/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Selma Archerd, a staple at Hollywood events for decades as she accompanied longtime Variety columnist and husband Army Archerd, has died at 98. Multiple reports indicate she died Dec. 14 in Los Angeles.
Archerd mostly played background roles throughout her 27-year career in television and film, but her appearances list was long.
She was seen as a hostage in 1988’s Die Hard, and had a recurring role as Nurse Amy in Fox’s 1990s soap Melrose Place.
Selma Archerd and Army Archerd
Archerd could also be spotted in such movies and TV shows as The Brady Bunch, Serpico, Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 3, Fun with Dick and Jane, Can’t Stop the Music, Mommie Dearest and Scrooged, among many other credits.
Selma and Army Archerd were regulars on the Hollywood social circuit for decades during their 39-year marriage. He died in 2009 at age 87.
Selma Archerd’s survivors include two sons, James Rosenblum and Richard Rosenblum,...
Archerd mostly played background roles throughout her 27-year career in television and film, but her appearances list was long.
She was seen as a hostage in 1988’s Die Hard, and had a recurring role as Nurse Amy in Fox’s 1990s soap Melrose Place.
Selma Archerd and Army Archerd
Archerd could also be spotted in such movies and TV shows as The Brady Bunch, Serpico, Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 3, Fun with Dick and Jane, Can’t Stop the Music, Mommie Dearest and Scrooged, among many other credits.
Selma and Army Archerd were regulars on the Hollywood social circuit for decades during their 39-year marriage. He died in 2009 at age 87.
Selma Archerd’s survivors include two sons, James Rosenblum and Richard Rosenblum,...
- 12/23/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Selma Archerd, an actress who was well known in Hollywood as the vivacious wife of longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd, has died. She was 98.
Selma Archerd died Dec. 14 in Los Angeles, according to a Legacy.com posting on the Los Angeles Times’ website.
Selma Archerd was seen as a hostage in 1988’s “Die Hard” and had a recurring role as Nurse Amy in Fox’s 1990s soap “Melrose Place.” She logged numerous cameos and bit parts from the 1970s through the 1990s on movies and TV shows ranging from “The Brady Bunch” to “Serpico” to “Lethal Weapon” and “Lethal Weapon 3.” Other notable films in which she appeared include: “Fun with Dick and Jane,” “Americathon,” “Can’t Stop the Music,” “Mommie Dearest” and “Scrooged.” TV appearances also include: “Charmed,” “Roseanne,” “The Trials of Rosie O’Neill,” “The Love Boat,” “Cagney & Lacey,” “Knot’s Landing,” “Hotel” and “Marcus Welby, M.D.”
Selma...
Selma Archerd died Dec. 14 in Los Angeles, according to a Legacy.com posting on the Los Angeles Times’ website.
Selma Archerd was seen as a hostage in 1988’s “Die Hard” and had a recurring role as Nurse Amy in Fox’s 1990s soap “Melrose Place.” She logged numerous cameos and bit parts from the 1970s through the 1990s on movies and TV shows ranging from “The Brady Bunch” to “Serpico” to “Lethal Weapon” and “Lethal Weapon 3.” Other notable films in which she appeared include: “Fun with Dick and Jane,” “Americathon,” “Can’t Stop the Music,” “Mommie Dearest” and “Scrooged.” TV appearances also include: “Charmed,” “Roseanne,” “The Trials of Rosie O’Neill,” “The Love Boat,” “Cagney & Lacey,” “Knot’s Landing,” “Hotel” and “Marcus Welby, M.D.”
Selma...
- 12/23/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Valerie Perrine has a knack for cheating death.
At 25, Perrine — best known for playing Miss Teschmacher, girlfriend to Gene Hackman’s Lex Luthor in 1978’s Superman — was working in Las Vegas as a topless dancer in the Lido de Paris revue at the Stardust Hotel.
She met a charming guy in the lounge who said he was a hairstylist to the stars. They began dating. He invited Perrine to an intimate dinner party in L.A.’s Benedict Canyon. She found an understudy, but the understudy fell ill, and Perrine was forced to perform.
The party she missed would go down in infamy: It was the one in which the Manson Family slaughtered six people, including Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring — Perrine’s new hairstylist boyfriend.
Then, when she was 32, having shot to movie stardom as a thinking-woman’s bombshell, she boarded a small plane to the San Sebastian Film Festival.
At 25, Perrine — best known for playing Miss Teschmacher, girlfriend to Gene Hackman’s Lex Luthor in 1978’s Superman — was working in Las Vegas as a topless dancer in the Lido de Paris revue at the Stardust Hotel.
She met a charming guy in the lounge who said he was a hairstylist to the stars. They began dating. He invited Perrine to an intimate dinner party in L.A.’s Benedict Canyon. She found an understudy, but the understudy fell ill, and Perrine was forced to perform.
The party she missed would go down in infamy: It was the one in which the Manson Family slaughtered six people, including Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring — Perrine’s new hairstylist boyfriend.
Then, when she was 32, having shot to movie stardom as a thinking-woman’s bombshell, she boarded a small plane to the San Sebastian Film Festival.
- 4/27/2023
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bill Butler, the self-taught, Oscar-nominated cinematographer whose work on the landmark 1975 horror film Jaws unleashed a wave of anxiety for beachgoers that lasts to this day, has died. He would have turned 102 on Friday.
Butler died Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, according to the American Society of Cinematographers. He is survived by five daughters and his wife, Iris.
During his five-decade career, Butler also shot Francis Ford Coppola’s The Rain People (1969) and The Conversation (1974); Peter Hyams’ Capricorn One (1977); Randal Kleiser’s hit musical Grease (1978); and Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982) and Rocky IV (1985), all written and directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone.
On another noteworthy 1975 release, Butler replaced the fired Haskell Wexler midway through production on Milos Forman‘s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Both shared an Oscar cinematography nomination for their work.
Butler also had replaced Wexler on The Conversation after creative differences forced Wexler off that production early on.
Butler died Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, according to the American Society of Cinematographers. He is survived by five daughters and his wife, Iris.
During his five-decade career, Butler also shot Francis Ford Coppola’s The Rain People (1969) and The Conversation (1974); Peter Hyams’ Capricorn One (1977); Randal Kleiser’s hit musical Grease (1978); and Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982) and Rocky IV (1985), all written and directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone.
On another noteworthy 1975 release, Butler replaced the fired Haskell Wexler midway through production on Milos Forman‘s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Both shared an Oscar cinematography nomination for their work.
Butler also had replaced Wexler on The Conversation after creative differences forced Wexler off that production early on.
- 4/6/2023
- by Rhett Bartlett
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Golden Raspberry Awards gave itself a trophy for the first time in the ceremony’s 43-year history.
“For nominating someone that should not have been considered, a blunder that was put through the blender and pulverized from one corner of the internet to the other and all media in between, instead of handing out a Worst Actress statuette this year, we’re giving this Razzie to the Razzies,” said announcer Bill A. Jones in a winners’ video, which you can see above.
In January, the Razzies faced backlash for nominating 12-year-old “Firestarter” actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong. In addition to apologizing and raising the minimum age to 18, the awards body replaced her nomination with its own name – and won by “a landslide.”
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Elsewhere, Jared Leto took home the Worst Actor award for “Morbius,...
“For nominating someone that should not have been considered, a blunder that was put through the blender and pulverized from one corner of the internet to the other and all media in between, instead of handing out a Worst Actress statuette this year, we’re giving this Razzie to the Razzies,” said announcer Bill A. Jones in a winners’ video, which you can see above.
In January, the Razzies faced backlash for nominating 12-year-old “Firestarter” actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong. In addition to apologizing and raising the minimum age to 18, the awards body replaced her nomination with its own name – and won by “a landslide.”
Also Read:
The Razzies Apologize and Remove 12-Year-Old ‘Firestarter’ Star Ryan Kiera Armstrong From Worst Actress Ballot
Elsewhere, Jared Leto took home the Worst Actor award for “Morbius,...
- 3/11/2023
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
An awards ceremony the public can get excited about? That’s a concept Oscar producers can drive home over the next seven weeks.
From the robust showing of popcorn movies to the recognition of some of the most respected stars of the past four decades to the embrace of new faces, this year’s nominations offer something for everyone.
Here are five highlights from the Oscar-nom announcements.
Show Us the Money!
The domestic box office average of the 10 best picture nominees stands at 157 million and counting — the fourth highest of any slate in the past 25 years. That’s an encouraging sign for the exhibition business as it tries to rebound from the pandemic. With record-breaking grossers like Paramount’s “Top Gun: Maverick” and 20th Century Studios’ “Avatar: The Way of Water” receiving nods, along with populist hits like A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and Warner Bros.’ “Elvis,” audiences...
From the robust showing of popcorn movies to the recognition of some of the most respected stars of the past four decades to the embrace of new faces, this year’s nominations offer something for everyone.
Here are five highlights from the Oscar-nom announcements.
Show Us the Money!
The domestic box office average of the 10 best picture nominees stands at 157 million and counting — the fourth highest of any slate in the past 25 years. That’s an encouraging sign for the exhibition business as it tries to rebound from the pandemic. With record-breaking grossers like Paramount’s “Top Gun: Maverick” and 20th Century Studios’ “Avatar: The Way of Water” receiving nods, along with populist hits like A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and Warner Bros.’ “Elvis,” audiences...
- 1/26/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The Golden Raspberry Awards, aka the Razzies, which shame actors and filmmakers with an annual “worst of,” is getting blowback for including 12-year-old “Firestarter” actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong in its 2023 nominations, which were revealed on Monday.
Among those jumping in to defend Armstrong was 11-year-old actor Julian Hilliard, who plays Billy Maximoff on “WandaVision.”
“The Razzies are already mean-spirited & classless, but to nominate a kid is just repulsive & wrong. Why put a kid at risk of increased bullying or worse? Be better,” Hilliard tweeted. When someone suggested that that Razzies are just a “joke,” he responded, “Nope, not when it involves a kid. That ‘joke’ can have a very negative impact. They crossed a line.”
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Another Twitter user agreed, “If you’re Under 18 then you should be off limits to...
Among those jumping in to defend Armstrong was 11-year-old actor Julian Hilliard, who plays Billy Maximoff on “WandaVision.”
“The Razzies are already mean-spirited & classless, but to nominate a kid is just repulsive & wrong. Why put a kid at risk of increased bullying or worse? Be better,” Hilliard tweeted. When someone suggested that that Razzies are just a “joke,” he responded, “Nope, not when it involves a kid. That ‘joke’ can have a very negative impact. They crossed a line.”
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‘Blonde,’ Disney’s ‘Pinocchio’ and Machine Gun Kelly’s ‘Good Mourning’ Top Razzie Nominations for Worst Movie of 2022
Another Twitter user agreed, “If you’re Under 18 then you should be off limits to...
- 1/23/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Since 1980, UCLA film grads and industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy have honored the very worst in cinema with the Razzie Awards. Here’s a look back to the worst pictures of the last four decades.
“Can’t Stop the Music” (1980)
The Golden Raspberry Awards got their start by recognizing this musical comedy, a justly mocked quasi-biopic of the Village People.
Rotten Tomatoes score: 8%
“Mommie Dearest” (1981)
Faye Dunaway goes full camp as Joan Crawford in a docudrama whose comedy was often unintentional.
Rotten Tomatoes score: 53%
“Inchon” (1982)
This bloated, over-budget Korean war film starring Laurence Olivier as Gen. Douglas MacArthur was an epic turkey.
Rotten Tomatoes score: 0%
“The Lonely Lady” (1983)
Pia Zadora followed her mysterious (and widely mocked in retrospect) Golden Globe win for “Butterfly” with this adaptation of a trashy Harold Robbins novel about a schoolgirl/wannabe screenwriter.
Rotten Tomatoes score: 0%
“Bolero” (1984)
Bo Derek ditches her “10” cornrows to...
“Can’t Stop the Music” (1980)
The Golden Raspberry Awards got their start by recognizing this musical comedy, a justly mocked quasi-biopic of the Village People.
Rotten Tomatoes score: 8%
“Mommie Dearest” (1981)
Faye Dunaway goes full camp as Joan Crawford in a docudrama whose comedy was often unintentional.
Rotten Tomatoes score: 53%
“Inchon” (1982)
This bloated, over-budget Korean war film starring Laurence Olivier as Gen. Douglas MacArthur was an epic turkey.
Rotten Tomatoes score: 0%
“The Lonely Lady” (1983)
Pia Zadora followed her mysterious (and widely mocked in retrospect) Golden Globe win for “Butterfly” with this adaptation of a trashy Harold Robbins novel about a schoolgirl/wannabe screenwriter.
Rotten Tomatoes score: 0%
“Bolero” (1984)
Bo Derek ditches her “10” cornrows to...
- 3/26/2022
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
The Notebook Primer introduces readers to some of the most important figures, films, genres, and movements in film history.Golden Eighties From a broad angle view, it seems as though all movies made in the 1980s could be classified as either action or musical. The neon glitz of the decade easily melds with the flamboyance of musicals, and it was a time when budgets soared, so lavish song-and-dance set pieces fit in nicely with the decadence. But 80s musicals also changed things up in the genre—sometimes focusing more on choreography, other times the songs. The burgeoning cult status of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) also had producers scrambling for the ineffable weirdness that captured the imagination of an audience so intensely that they wanted to spend every weekend watching and mimicking what so delighted them on screen This resulted in odd choices that inevitably flopped, and took decades to gain a devoted following,...
- 12/22/2020
- MUBI
by Cláudio Alves
Founded by Mo Murphy and John J. B. Wilson, the Golden Raspberry Awards, more commonly known as Razzies, are the evil twin to the Academy Awards. Instead of celebrating the best achievements in world cinema, they award the worst, ridiculing them in the process and daring anyone to go accept their gold sprayed statuette in good humor. They've been handed out since 1981 when Xanadu and Can't Stop the Music battled out for the title of Worst Picture. Since then, the Razzies have made many controversial choices, showing an especially troubling fondness for lampooning female-centric stories or examples of campy entertainment.
Today we'll be talking about two instances when the Oscars and the Razzies tastes diverged so much they ended up nominating the same performances…...
Founded by Mo Murphy and John J. B. Wilson, the Golden Raspberry Awards, more commonly known as Razzies, are the evil twin to the Academy Awards. Instead of celebrating the best achievements in world cinema, they award the worst, ridiculing them in the process and daring anyone to go accept their gold sprayed statuette in good humor. They've been handed out since 1981 when Xanadu and Can't Stop the Music battled out for the title of Worst Picture. Since then, the Razzies have made many controversial choices, showing an especially troubling fondness for lampooning female-centric stories or examples of campy entertainment.
Today we'll be talking about two instances when the Oscars and the Razzies tastes diverged so much they ended up nominating the same performances…...
- 5/7/2020
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
Judi Dench has won an Oscar (and received seven nominations), picked up two Golden Globe statuettes, received three Emmy nominations and collected 11 BAFTA Awards — and now one Golden Raspberry Awards nod for her performance in the critically panned “Cats.”
During an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Front Row on Thursday, host John Wilson informed the legendary British actress of her Razzie nomination for Worst Supporting Actress for playing the part of Old Deuteronomy in Tom Hooper’s recent live-action adaptation of the classic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
“Worst Supporting Actor? Oh, am I? Oh, very, very good,” Dench said, laughing. “As the Worst Supporting Actor? Oh, well, that would be good.”
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She added, again, with a laugh: “Well as far as I know, that’s a first.”
Released last December, “Cats” was both a box...
During an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Front Row on Thursday, host John Wilson informed the legendary British actress of her Razzie nomination for Worst Supporting Actress for playing the part of Old Deuteronomy in Tom Hooper’s recent live-action adaptation of the classic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
“Worst Supporting Actor? Oh, am I? Oh, very, very good,” Dench said, laughing. “As the Worst Supporting Actor? Oh, well, that would be good.”
Also Read: Visual Effects Society Calls Out Oscars for 'Cats' VFX Insult
She added, again, with a laugh: “Well as far as I know, that’s a first.”
Released last December, “Cats” was both a box...
- 3/14/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Let’s be honest: the award show you really care about is the Razzies, that gleefully critical group that year after year honors the very worst in cinema. These rancid turkeys scrape the bottom of the barrel and make us wanna rinse our eyes out with soap after leaving the theater. Take a tour through our photo gallery above to find out what masterpieces of filmmaking earned the dubious honor of Worst Picture at the Golden Raspberry Awards, from the most recent “winner” to the very first.
The very first Razzies ceremony was held in 1981 immediately after the Oscar telecast wrapped up. It started as a party at the home of publicist John J. B. Wilson, who gave his guests homemade ballots and announced the results from a cardboard podium. While the Academy was honoring “Ordinary People” (1980), Wilson and his pals bestowed their prize on the grade-a ham “Can’t Stop the Music” (1980).
Since then,...
The very first Razzies ceremony was held in 1981 immediately after the Oscar telecast wrapped up. It started as a party at the home of publicist John J. B. Wilson, who gave his guests homemade ballots and announced the results from a cardboard podium. While the Academy was honoring “Ordinary People” (1980), Wilson and his pals bestowed their prize on the grade-a ham “Can’t Stop the Music” (1980).
Since then,...
- 2/7/2020
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
New York-born Felipe Rose was in his early 20s when he strapped on a Native American costume and shot to stardom as a founding member of 70s disco and soul supergroup, the Village People. Felipe Rose shared the stage with some other epic villagers including Randy Jones as the cool looking cowboy, Alex Briley as the stud sailor, David Hodo as the hard-working construction man and Glenn Hughes as the leather-bound biker. The Village People...
- 6/26/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
For a film to have co-inspired the Golden Raspberry Awards, which are given for "failure in cinematic achievements," one would assume the picture had absolutely no redeeming value. But THR wasn't that hard on 1980's Xanadu. (The first Raspberrys' other inspiration was another nominee for worst film, Can't Stop the Music, actress Nancy Walker's feature directing debut, which really did have no redeeming value.) THR said Xanadu "is neither the film its producer hoped it would be nor is it the artistic write-off the rumor mill has labeled it."
In describing Xanadu's plot, THR noted, "It ...
In describing Xanadu's plot, THR noted, "It ...
- 12/21/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For a film to have co-inspired the Golden Raspberry Awards, which are given for "failure in cinematic achievements," one would assume the picture had absolutely no redeeming value. But THR wasn't that hard on 1980's Xanadu. (The first Raspberrys' other inspiration was another nominee for worst film, Can't Stop the Music, actress Nancy Walker's feature directing debut, which really did have no redeeming value.) THR said Xanadu "is neither the film its producer hoped it would be nor is it the artistic write-off the rumor mill has labeled it."
In describing Xanadu's plot, THR noted, "It ...
In describing Xanadu's plot, THR noted, "It ...
- 12/21/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Russell Nype, the clean-cut actor and baritone singer who won a pair of Tony Awards for his performances alongside Ethel Merman and Elaine Stritch in Call Me Madam and Goldilocks, respectively, has died. He was 98.
Nype died May 27 in West Palm Beach, Florida, his son, Russell, told The New York Times.
Recognizable for his horn-rimmed glasses, Nype also portrayed Dean Thompson of Harvard Law School in Arthur Hiller's Love Story (1970), and he played Bruce Jenner's boss in the Village People's Can't Stop the Music (1980), directed by Nancy Walker.
In his signature role, Nype starred ...
Nype died May 27 in West Palm Beach, Florida, his son, Russell, told The New York Times.
Recognizable for his horn-rimmed glasses, Nype also portrayed Dean Thompson of Harvard Law School in Arthur Hiller's Love Story (1970), and he played Bruce Jenner's boss in the Village People's Can't Stop the Music (1980), directed by Nancy Walker.
In his signature role, Nype starred ...
Russell Nype, the clean-cut actor and baritone singer who won a pair of Tony Awards for his performances alongside Ethel Merman and Elaine Stritch in Call Me Madam and Goldilocks, respectively, has died. He was 98.
Nype died May 27 in West Palm Beach, Florida, his son, Russell, told The New York Times.
Recognizable for his horn-rimmed glasses, Nype also portrayed Dean Thompson of Harvard Law School in Arthur Hiller's Love Story (1970), and he played Bruce Jenner's boss in the Village People's Can't Stop the Music (1980), directed by Nancy Walker.
In his signature role, Nype starred ...
Nype died May 27 in West Palm Beach, Florida, his son, Russell, told The New York Times.
Recognizable for his horn-rimmed glasses, Nype also portrayed Dean Thompson of Harvard Law School in Arthur Hiller's Love Story (1970), and he played Bruce Jenner's boss in the Village People's Can't Stop the Music (1980), directed by Nancy Walker.
In his signature role, Nype starred ...
On this day (August 24th) in showbiz-related history...
1890 "Father of modern surfing" and part time movie actor Duke Kahanamoku born in Hawaii. We've written about him before. Where's his biopic?
1967 The Whisperers premieres in London. It's about an old poor woman living in solitude who is beginning to lose her grip on reality. Dame Edith Evans sterling work was instantly lauded - she won Best Actress at Berlinale and from such disparate groups as the Nyfcc, Nbr and the Golden Globes. She landed her third and final Oscar nomination in the Best Actress lineup (sadly only the winner, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner's Hepburn, was less than superb in that shortlist!). At the time Evans was the oldest Oscar nominee of all time in any acting category having just turned 80 years old. That record has since been undone but she's still the third oldest lead actress nominee after Jessica Tandy...
1890 "Father of modern surfing" and part time movie actor Duke Kahanamoku born in Hawaii. We've written about him before. Where's his biopic?
1967 The Whisperers premieres in London. It's about an old poor woman living in solitude who is beginning to lose her grip on reality. Dame Edith Evans sterling work was instantly lauded - she won Best Actress at Berlinale and from such disparate groups as the Nyfcc, Nbr and the Golden Globes. She landed her third and final Oscar nomination in the Best Actress lineup (sadly only the winner, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner's Hepburn, was less than superb in that shortlist!). At the time Evans was the oldest Oscar nominee of all time in any acting category having just turned 80 years old. That record has since been undone but she's still the third oldest lead actress nominee after Jessica Tandy...
- 8/24/2017
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon just took their bromance on wheels... Earlier today, Timberlake posted a hilarious video on his Instagram, which is sure to leave you smiling and also wanting a tandem bike, like, right now. In the video, it looks like he's biking alone at first and looking around at the idyllic scenery of the Hamptons area in New York. The "Can't Stop the Music" singer happily says to the camera, "God! Just biking through the Hamptons. It's so beautiful." And that's when we see what (or who) is behind him... Turns out, Jessica Biel's main man isn't on the bike by himself! The music maker is actually on a tandem bike with his...
- 5/28/2017
- E! Online
It's impossible to keep up these days. So herewith a bunch of news we haven't covered and other enjoyable places to go on the web today...
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Baz Lurhmann has written a letter to fans about the cancellation of The Get Down, his Netflix series. My favorite bit because I like having him on the big screen in 2 hour doses:
All sorts of things have been thrown around for the future... even a stage show (can you imagine that? I can, concert version anyone? Next summer? Just saying.) But the simple truth is, I make movies. And the thing with movies is, that when you direct them, there can be nothing else in your life. Since The Get Down stopped, I have actually been spending the last few months preparing my new cinematic work...
Variety IFC is on a buying spree at Cannes, including Lars Von Trier's latest, a...
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Baz Lurhmann has written a letter to fans about the cancellation of The Get Down, his Netflix series. My favorite bit because I like having him on the big screen in 2 hour doses:
All sorts of things have been thrown around for the future... even a stage show (can you imagine that? I can, concert version anyone? Next summer? Just saying.) But the simple truth is, I make movies. And the thing with movies is, that when you direct them, there can be nothing else in your life. Since The Get Down stopped, I have actually been spending the last few months preparing my new cinematic work...
Variety IFC is on a buying spree at Cannes, including Lars Von Trier's latest, a...
- 5/25/2017
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Justin Timberlake can't help but get emotional when he talks about the love he has for his 1-year-old son, Silas.
The 36-year-old singer is up for an Oscar for his song, "Can't Stop the Feeling," from the Trolls soundtrack, and gushed over how great it is to have a tune that he can listen to with his baby boy.
Watch: Justin Timberlake Talks 'Childhood Trauma' Growing Up Famous, Insecurities About Raising Son Silas
"To be able to share this with him anytime the song comes on the radio or in the car... or sometimes you get a request," Timberlake told Andrew Barker during a Q&A with his "Can't Stop the Music" co-writers, Shellback and Max Martin, as part of Variety and Aarp Movies for Grownups Screening Series. "He says, ‘Daddy singing,’ and you’re like, ‘Huh, I think I have something in my eye.'"
The proud father also admitted that becoming a parent has greatly...
The 36-year-old singer is up for an Oscar for his song, "Can't Stop the Feeling," from the Trolls soundtrack, and gushed over how great it is to have a tune that he can listen to with his baby boy.
Watch: Justin Timberlake Talks 'Childhood Trauma' Growing Up Famous, Insecurities About Raising Son Silas
"To be able to share this with him anytime the song comes on the radio or in the car... or sometimes you get a request," Timberlake told Andrew Barker during a Q&A with his "Can't Stop the Music" co-writers, Shellback and Max Martin, as part of Variety and Aarp Movies for Grownups Screening Series. "He says, ‘Daddy singing,’ and you’re like, ‘Huh, I think I have something in my eye.'"
The proud father also admitted that becoming a parent has greatly...
- 2/17/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
May your 19th be beautiful.
On this day in history as it relates to the movies...
1536 Anne Boleyn is beheaded. Her tragedy is later reenacted by hundreds of actresses on tv, stage and film including Natalie Portman, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, and Genevieve Bujold (Oscar nomination).
1836 Cynthia Ann Parker is kidnapped in Texas during an Indian raid after her family is slaughtered. That's a tough break but not many people get to live on in history through multiple classics albeit under pseudonyms like "Debbie Edwards" (Natalie Wood in The Searchers) and "Stands With Fist" (Mary McDonnell in Dances With Wolves).
1925 Malcolm X is born. 67 years later Denzel Washington wins his second Oscar playing him (Shut up! This is our preferred version of history because Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman. Ugh, really?)
1941 Nora Ephron is born spewing witticisms.
1958 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman is released in movie theaters.
On this day in history as it relates to the movies...
1536 Anne Boleyn is beheaded. Her tragedy is later reenacted by hundreds of actresses on tv, stage and film including Natalie Portman, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, and Genevieve Bujold (Oscar nomination).
1836 Cynthia Ann Parker is kidnapped in Texas during an Indian raid after her family is slaughtered. That's a tough break but not many people get to live on in history through multiple classics albeit under pseudonyms like "Debbie Edwards" (Natalie Wood in The Searchers) and "Stands With Fist" (Mary McDonnell in Dances With Wolves).
1925 Malcolm X is born. 67 years later Denzel Washington wins his second Oscar playing him (Shut up! This is our preferred version of history because Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman. Ugh, really?)
1941 Nora Ephron is born spewing witticisms.
1958 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman is released in movie theaters.
- 5/19/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
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Looking for good books about the movies to read? We've got a bumper selection of recommendations right here...
A confession. I actually started writing this article in 2013, and the reason you've only reading it now is that I've made sure I've read every book on this list, save for one or two where I've marked otherwise. As such, what you're getting is a very personal list of recommendations. Each of these books has at least something to it that I think is of interest to someone wanting to learn more about film - or just enjoy stories of movie making.
I've tended to avoid picture books, with one exception, as these ones I've chosen are all intended to be chock-full of words, to relax with at the end of a long day. Which is what I did. There are one or two notable omissions, as I'm still...
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Looking for good books about the movies to read? We've got a bumper selection of recommendations right here...
A confession. I actually started writing this article in 2013, and the reason you've only reading it now is that I've made sure I've read every book on this list, save for one or two where I've marked otherwise. As such, what you're getting is a very personal list of recommendations. Each of these books has at least something to it that I think is of interest to someone wanting to learn more about film - or just enjoy stories of movie making.
I've tended to avoid picture books, with one exception, as these ones I've chosen are all intended to be chock-full of words, to relax with at the end of a long day. Which is what I did. There are one or two notable omissions, as I'm still...
- 12/10/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Dancers Over 40 celebrates diversity in dance with Can't Stop the Music Can't Stop the Dance Diversity All Around Us - featuring DO40 Advisory Board member Jerry Mitchell's new musical comedy, Gotta Dance - the incredible true story of ten determined dreamers who have three things in common they love to dance, they have something to prove and they are all over 60. They battle pain, prejudice, self-doubt and each other for a chance to bust a move at center court in front of 20,000 screaming fans at a national basketball team's half time show. That panel will be moderated by BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge.
- 10/14/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Dancers Over 40 celebrates diversity in dance with Can't Stop the Music Can't Stop the Dance Diversity All Around Us - featuring DO40 Advisory Board member Jerry Mitchell's new musical comedy, Gotta Dance - the incredible true story of ten determined dreamers who have three things in common they love to dance, they have something to prove and they are all over 60. They battle pain, prejudice, self-doubt and each other for a chance to bust a move at center court in front of 20,000 screaming fans at a national basketball team's half time show. That panel will be moderated by BroadwayWorld's Richie Ridge. Also featured, a celebration of African-American, Hispanic and Asian artists including DO40 member Gus Solomon jr's dance company Paradigm, and members of his company, Carmen de Lavallade, Sarita Allen, Hope Clarke and Karen Brown Dance Theater of Harlem, Complexions, Ailey, Dunham Companies, as well as Dr. Mel A.
- 10/1/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ron Moody as Fagin in 'Oliver!' based on Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist.' Ron Moody as Fagin in Dickens musical 'Oliver!': Box office and critical hit (See previous post: "Ron Moody: 'Oliver!' Actor, Academy Award Nominee Dead at 91.") Although British made, Oliver! turned out to be an elephantine release along the lines of – exclamation point or no – Gypsy, Star!, Hello Dolly!, and other Hollywood mega-musicals from the mid'-50s to the early '70s.[1] But however bloated and conventional the final result, and a cast whose best-known name was that of director Carol Reed's nephew, Oliver Reed, Oliver! found countless fans.[2] The mostly British production became a huge financial and critical success in the U.S. at a time when star-studded mega-musicals had become perilous – at times downright disastrous – ventures.[3] Upon the American release of Oliver! in Dec. 1968, frequently acerbic The...
- 6/19/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Bruce Jenner's daughter picked an ... interesting time to post a throwback pic of him in a crop top and cutoff shorts -- proving Kylie Jenner already understands the family biz ... promote, promote, promote. Kylie just posted the shot of Bruce, circa 1980, showing off his Olympic Gold medal winning abs and legs. She captioned it ... "daddy throwback. #Tonight #DianeSawyer #ABC #love" -- so she's clearly reminding her 21.5 million followers to tune in for the special.
- 4/24/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
glitter attack!True story. In the late 1990s after graduating college, before New York City and The Film Experience years, I was working as an artist at a company that specialized in parties and events. Every day in a big warehouse I was a hot mess of glue guns, paint rollers, foam shavings, and glitter. Glitter above all else. Three years later in New York City I was still finding glitter in the weirdest of places; that shit lasts forever.
I thought about this as soon as the opening credits of Allan Carr and Nancy Walker's Village People origin comedy, Can't Stop the Music (1980), our "Hmwybs" April Fools Selection. It was like the movie was blowing its glitter load in the first frame. Turns out there was no refractory period. The glitter just keeps on coming and not just over animated fonts. Dancers actually Fling physical glitter at each...
I thought about this as soon as the opening credits of Allan Carr and Nancy Walker's Village People origin comedy, Can't Stop the Music (1980), our "Hmwybs" April Fools Selection. It was like the movie was blowing its glitter load in the first frame. Turns out there was no refractory period. The glitter just keeps on coming and not just over animated fonts. Dancers actually Fling physical glitter at each...
- 4/2/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
April Fools! I needed an infamous 'bad movie we love' for today's edition of Hit Me With Your Best Shot a crowd source visual party, where anyone with a love for movies can watch the pre-assigned film and chime in on the one moment that makes it or defines it or reflects it. In other words, whatever "best" means to you.
The Village People musical Can't Stop the Music (1980) starring Valerie Perrine (of Lenny & Superman fame), Olympian Bruce Jenner (long before the Kardashian days) and Steve Guttenberg early on in his career, came through. And how. You can barely believe this movie while you're watching it but you can't exactly look away either. (Credit where it's due, the lightbulb for this week's selection came to mia via an e-mail from Awards Watch, about their new series pairing Razzie winners with Oscar winners.)
This musical, the very first Razzie Worst Picture winner is awful,...
The Village People musical Can't Stop the Music (1980) starring Valerie Perrine (of Lenny & Superman fame), Olympian Bruce Jenner (long before the Kardashian days) and Steve Guttenberg early on in his career, came through. And how. You can barely believe this movie while you're watching it but you can't exactly look away either. (Credit where it's due, the lightbulb for this week's selection came to mia via an e-mail from Awards Watch, about their new series pairing Razzie winners with Oscar winners.)
This musical, the very first Razzie Worst Picture winner is awful,...
- 4/2/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Entertainment Weekly Mark Harris sounded off on horror television like Hannibal and The Walking Dead "with gore less is more"
La Times treasure trove of silent films found in Amsterdam including Mickey Rooney's first film role at age six
The Playlist interviews Denis Villeneuve (Enemy, Prisoners) on working with Jake Gyllenhaal, and his future projects
The Wire watching Noah during the Los Angeles earthquake
Playbill talks to F Murray Abraham about his career resurgence at 74
Variety Spain's Malaga festival reveals its winners. Maybe we should look at some of these as Oscar submission possibilities
Salon a new book makes the case for Wonder Woman as one of the greatest superheroes
The Wrap Game of Thrones and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty win the very first "Location Manager" awards - both shot partially in Iceland which is where it's at lately but more on Iceland in a special series...
La Times treasure trove of silent films found in Amsterdam including Mickey Rooney's first film role at age six
The Playlist interviews Denis Villeneuve (Enemy, Prisoners) on working with Jake Gyllenhaal, and his future projects
The Wire watching Noah during the Los Angeles earthquake
Playbill talks to F Murray Abraham about his career resurgence at 74
Variety Spain's Malaga festival reveals its winners. Maybe we should look at some of these as Oscar submission possibilities
Salon a new book makes the case for Wonder Woman as one of the greatest superheroes
The Wrap Game of Thrones and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty win the very first "Location Manager" awards - both shot partially in Iceland which is where it's at lately but more on Iceland in a special series...
- 3/31/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Busy week as usual. Seven highlights, in case you missed them...
Alfre Woodard - we talked to the great actress about her favorite roles from 12 Years a Slave to Passion Fish
Stage Door catfights - Anne Marie finally made it to the classics in her Katharine Hepburn retrospective. This one is deeply pleasureable
La Confidential - this "Best Shot" edition didn't have the turnout of Eternal Sunshine but it sure was interesting to see this movie again after all these years. Such stellar performances
Tom vs. Dickie - Jude and Matt were warring again in this Italian edition of "beauty vs. beast" in which both of them are both beauties and beasts. Have you voted yet?
Jai Courtney - the next big thing or the next shrug?
Women's History Month - profiles of great actresses as real life women
X-Men Days of Future Past - we yes no maybe so'ed...
Alfre Woodard - we talked to the great actress about her favorite roles from 12 Years a Slave to Passion Fish
Stage Door catfights - Anne Marie finally made it to the classics in her Katharine Hepburn retrospective. This one is deeply pleasureable
La Confidential - this "Best Shot" edition didn't have the turnout of Eternal Sunshine but it sure was interesting to see this movie again after all these years. Such stellar performances
Tom vs. Dickie - Jude and Matt were warring again in this Italian edition of "beauty vs. beast" in which both of them are both beauties and beasts. Have you voted yet?
Jai Courtney - the next big thing or the next shrug?
Women's History Month - profiles of great actresses as real life women
X-Men Days of Future Past - we yes no maybe so'ed...
- 3/29/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
We kicked off Season 5 of Hit Me With Your Best Shot with two undisputed modern classics Eternal Sunshine and La Confidential but it's time to get a little more adventurous and rangey. Each season has a mix of classics, oddities, and at least one animated entry because though we originally conceived of the series as a tribute to cinematography it's become readily apparent that the best shots can come from the work from other departments, too. To join us simply a) watch the movie b) pick your favorite shot and c) post it somewhere public. Then we'll add you to our roundup.
Tuesday April 1st
For April Fool's Day a legendary "so bad it's good" movie, Alan Carr's Village People musical Can't Stop The Music (1980) which won the very first Razzie award for Worst Picture. I'm sorry about the short notice but it's easy to find, so start dancing,...
Tuesday April 1st
For April Fool's Day a legendary "so bad it's good" movie, Alan Carr's Village People musical Can't Stop The Music (1980) which won the very first Razzie award for Worst Picture. I'm sorry about the short notice but it's easy to find, so start dancing,...
- 3/26/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
It's Tuesday night, time for another Hit Me With Your Best Shot. This week we're looking at Curtis Hanson's 1997 Best Picture nominee L.A. Confidential, which was nominated for 9 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Cinematography (Dante Spinotti) both of which it lost to the 52,000 ton Titanic. But it's a lot of people's idea of a modern masterpiece so I was fascinated to read what others had to say about the movie.
See it through multiple sets of eyeballs, in this case 16 of them by clicking on any of the twelve shots selected ... and please do comment if you like something you read. The series only works properly when people participate.
Best Shot(s)
Arranged in rough chronological order
Making news just like they make movies...
-Coco Hits NY
Opened up and unnervingly close at one and the same time...
-Timothy Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
At its heart, Curtis Hanson...
See it through multiple sets of eyeballs, in this case 16 of them by clicking on any of the twelve shots selected ... and please do comment if you like something you read. The series only works properly when people participate.
Best Shot(s)
Arranged in rough chronological order
Making news just like they make movies...
-Coco Hits NY
Opened up and unnervingly close at one and the same time...
-Timothy Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
At its heart, Curtis Hanson...
- 3/26/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Here is last week's caption pic winner. This week's caption pic is at the bottom of the page.
Thanks to everyone for participating! The winner is ...
"Beyonczilla stomped into New Orleans to destroy the Super Bowl, but only managed to knock out the lights for a few minutes."
Thanks to Miz Liz for this week's winning caption!
Weekend Birthdays! (Note: Birthday shoutouts are for out entertainers, allies, or for any celeb that seems to have a following on Ae). Chord Overstreet (above) is 24, Melissa Manchester is 62, Jason Ritter is 33, and Joseph Gordon Levitt is 32. Towleroad has a compilation of clips from the Meteor strike in Russia. I'll wait for instructions from Morgan Freeman.In ratings news, Glee was down a smidge, while Zero Hour was the lowest series premiere ever on ABC.Here's your first look at the rump-filled poster for Continental, about the bathhouses of the 60's and 70's.
Thanks to everyone for participating! The winner is ...
"Beyonczilla stomped into New Orleans to destroy the Super Bowl, but only managed to knock out the lights for a few minutes."
Thanks to Miz Liz for this week's winning caption!
Weekend Birthdays! (Note: Birthday shoutouts are for out entertainers, allies, or for any celeb that seems to have a following on Ae). Chord Overstreet (above) is 24, Melissa Manchester is 62, Jason Ritter is 33, and Joseph Gordon Levitt is 32. Towleroad has a compilation of clips from the Meteor strike in Russia. I'll wait for instructions from Morgan Freeman.In ratings news, Glee was down a smidge, while Zero Hour was the lowest series premiere ever on ABC.Here's your first look at the rump-filled poster for Continental, about the bathhouses of the 60's and 70's.
- 2/15/2013
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Once upon a time I wrote a column called "Bad Movies We Love," and I feel close enough to you to admit that -- actually? -- I don't love bad movies. I would rather watch something good, weirdly. I'm sensitive when it comes to reserving time for woefully bad cinema, and that's why I want to help kick off your summer with the essential gay stinkbombs. Summer is the best time to gather your friends at 11 a.m. on a Saturday, gather around the thespian sorcery of Elizabeth Berkley, and cry, cry, and laugh until you're whole. Let's celebrate the worst of the best of the worst!
10. Chastity
Though not as renowned a misfire as the later totems on my list, Chastity is one of the weirdest film debuts ever -- particularly for a splashy firebrand like Cher -- and therefore it's essential viewing. More than a full decade before...
10. Chastity
Though not as renowned a misfire as the later totems on my list, Chastity is one of the weirdest film debuts ever -- particularly for a splashy firebrand like Cher -- and therefore it's essential viewing. More than a full decade before...
- 5/3/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Birthday shoutouts go to Nicholas Brendon (above), who is 41, Ed O'Neill is 66, Shannen Doherty is 41, Claire Danes is 33, and a few music stars have birthdays today. Feel free to do top fives for Vince Gill (55), Brendon Urie (25), David Cassidy (62), Amy Ray (48), and i'm doing a top five for the Village People, as founding member Alex Briley turns 65: 5. "Can't Stop The Music," 4. "Go West," 3. "Ready For The 80's," 2. "5 O'Clock In The Morning," 1. "Sex Over The Phone."In ratings news, Don't Trust The B In Apartment 23 debuted to adequate numbers.Logo (our parent company) has renewed Rupauls' Drag Race for a fifth season. My involvement with Season Five will depend on Phi Phi not winning Season Four.Kristin Chenoweth and Jim Parsons will announce the Tony nominations live from Lincoln Center on May 1st.Godzilla is coming back as a comic book, and in the first issue next month, a same-sex...
- 4/12/2012
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Welcome to our Monday feature Picture This!, the companion piece to Wednesday's Still Got It!.
For this feature, we'll present a still from a famous film and ask you to to caption it. So get your creative juices flowing and turn up the snark-o-meter, and take your best shot!
This week it's a scene from the greatest movie musical of the 80's, the inspirational, allegorical, unintentionally hysterical The Apple!
* Point of reference, here's the complete top ten: 1. The Apple, 2. The Pirate Movie, 3. Voyage Of The Rock Aliens, 4. Xanadu, 5. Grease 2, 6. Little Shop Of Horrors, 7. Shock Treatment, 8. The New Adventures Of Pippi Longstocking and Annie (tie), 9. The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, 10. Can't Stop The Music. Honorable mention - Yentl.
Take a bite and take your best shot. We'll reveal the winner next Monday!
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For this feature, we'll present a still from a famous film and ask you to to caption it. So get your creative juices flowing and turn up the snark-o-meter, and take your best shot!
This week it's a scene from the greatest movie musical of the 80's, the inspirational, allegorical, unintentionally hysterical The Apple!
* Point of reference, here's the complete top ten: 1. The Apple, 2. The Pirate Movie, 3. Voyage Of The Rock Aliens, 4. Xanadu, 5. Grease 2, 6. Little Shop Of Horrors, 7. Shock Treatment, 8. The New Adventures Of Pippi Longstocking and Annie (tie), 9. The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, 10. Can't Stop The Music. Honorable mention - Yentl.
Take a bite and take your best shot. We'll reveal the winner next Monday!
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- 3/19/2012
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Sure, "Diner" is a landmark movie, one that launched numerous careers (including those of Kevin Bacon, Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, and director Barry Levinson). But is it really the most influential movie of the last 30 years? Vanity Fair seems to think so. According to an article in the March 2012 issue, "Diner" -- released 30 years ago today, on March 5, 1982 -- is indirectly responsible for "Seinfeld," "The Office," "Pulp Fiction," and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin." Such writers as Nick Hornby, Stephen Merchant, and Judd Apatow acknowledge its impact on the way they write scenes that others omit, scenes were guys reveal what matters most to them by chatting over coffee about things that don't matter at all. Like its trivia-obsessed characters, "Diner" is full of unspoken tales beneath the surface. Even fans may not know how closely life imitated art in the alliances, rivalries, pranks, and power games that helped make the movie...
- 3/5/2012
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
Following the launch of our Razzie prediction center, the awards' founder John Wilson sat down with us to dish this year's contenders. Among the Worst Picture competitors we discussed were "Breaking Dawn: Part 1," "Transformers Dark of the Moon," "Jack and Jill" and "Bucky Larson." Back in 1980, John was inspired to create the Razzies -- short for the Golden Raspberry Awards -- following a double feature of the Village People biopic "Can't Stop the Music" and the Olivia Newton-John musical "Xanadu." He has guided Razzie voters over the last thirty years in "honoring" the worst in cinema. The group's notorious winners for Worst Picture include "Showgirls" (1995), "Battlefield Earth" (2000), and "Gigli" (2003). Along with Worst Picture, the Razzies also recognize the worst in acting, writing, and directing. Several former Razzie "...
- 11/3/2011
- Gold Derby
Music from Prince, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and even a song from "Pretty Woman" hit " The X Factor " last night -- and the performances were surprisingly good! Now that the audition rounds are over, the real talent takes center stage, as the four groups of contestants started singing for their respective judge. Simon will be mentoring the Girls, L.A. Reid got the guys, Paula Abdul got groups and Nicole Scherzinger has the Over 30s. There were a ton of performances -- so we picked out our favorites from each group below. The Girls: 14-year-old Drew Ryniewicz (who memorably covered Justin Bieber's "Baby" for her initial audition) did a soulful rendition of " Must Have Been Love " from the " Pretty Woman " soundtrack. We're still having a hard time believing she's only 14 -- because wow, what a voice. The Boys: Frank Sinatra wannabe Phillip Lomax put an interesting twist on Rihanna 's " Can't Stop the Music...
- 10/14/2011
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Nope, it's nothing to do with Rumplestiltskin: Spinning Gold is a biopic of pop music mogul Neil Bogart, and it's just snared Justin Timberlake to play the lead.The gold in the title refers to the classic pop choons of the 1970s, while the spinning refers to "records", which older readers will recall as a medium in which people bought and played music in the days before you could steal it from the internet. Neil Bogart was the famous American record executive behind Kiss, T.Rex, Donna Summer and The Village People, and was widely credited with the rise of bubblegum pop. He was no relation to Humphrey (his real name was Bogatz) but still named the label he founded Casablanca. He worked in tandem with Peter Guber, who went on to become the heavyweight Hollywood producer behind the likes of Rain Man and Tim Burton's Batman.Bogart was...
- 9/27/2011
- EmpireOnline
Ryan Murphy -- the candid, theatrically hostile Svengali behind Glee -- would have you believe Glee: The 3D Concert Movie is the first cinematic musical with high production value, recognizable pop hits, and abject homosexuality. Not so! In 1980, director Nancy Walker (Yes, Of Rhoda) blessed us with Can't Stop the Music, the hip-poppin' extravaganza starring the Village People, Steve Guttenberg, Bruce Jenner, and other American forefathers. It is marvelous, enchanting, stupid, a little too long, gay as an elf's sneeze, the first Razzie winner for Worst Picture, and unforgettable. Respect. Let's revisit.
- 8/10/2011
- Movieline
They all had budgets, directors, hopes. But their fate was the same – to end up alone and unwanted in a discount bin. A moved Joe Queenan sets up an orphanage for forgotten films
At the convenience store up the street from my office stands a sad little rack filled with cut-rate DVDs. A sign proclaims "Great DVDs for less than $10", but that is false advertising. There are one or two movies on the rack that are not transparently awful – Shutter Island, Public Enemies – but almost without exception the DVDs, which cost $6.99 apiece, are bombs, duds, direct-to-video trash, flotsam and jetsam, bunkum, twaddle, slime and crap. Current fare includes Observe and Report, a Seth Rogen comedy about inept mall cops; Leaves of Grass, a goofy "comic thriller" starring Ed Norton as identical twins – one an addled drug dealer, one a professor of classics; The Six Wives of Henry Lefay, a comedy...
At the convenience store up the street from my office stands a sad little rack filled with cut-rate DVDs. A sign proclaims "Great DVDs for less than $10", but that is false advertising. There are one or two movies on the rack that are not transparently awful – Shutter Island, Public Enemies – but almost without exception the DVDs, which cost $6.99 apiece, are bombs, duds, direct-to-video trash, flotsam and jetsam, bunkum, twaddle, slime and crap. Current fare includes Observe and Report, a Seth Rogen comedy about inept mall cops; Leaves of Grass, a goofy "comic thriller" starring Ed Norton as identical twins – one an addled drug dealer, one a professor of classics; The Six Wives of Henry Lefay, a comedy...
- 5/19/2011
- by Joe Queenan
- The Guardian - Film News
It only took four words to convince me to watch "Cornered!": "Steve Guttenberg" and "slasher movie" (hopefully it takes more than four words to convince you, otherwise you stopped reading 15 words ago). As a child of the 1980s, I got to see Guttenberg -- or "The Goot" as he likes to call himself -- do many things: hang out with a wacky talking robot, get into trouble at a police academy, invent the Village People, get into more trouble at a police academy, help aliens find their buddies, and get into less trouble at a police academy. What I didn't get to see was him in a slasher film about a bloodthirsty psychopath who likes to dress like a leather daddy.
Today, we correct that omission.
Cornered!
Directed by Daniel Maze
Tagline: Face the Evil
Tweetable Plot Synopsis: A cast of misfits gets trapped in a convenience store at...
Today, we correct that omission.
Cornered!
Directed by Daniel Maze
Tagline: Face the Evil
Tweetable Plot Synopsis: A cast of misfits gets trapped in a convenience store at...
- 8/10/2010
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
The Lovely Bones
DVD & Blu-Ray, Paramount
It shouldn't matter if a film adaptation of a book fails to follow its source material to the letter – providing, of course, that it delivers a strong enough tale. Even if you haven't read Alice Sebold's novel, with its longer timescale and darker details, it's hard not to feel some important elements are skimmed over or even omitted in Peter Jackson's film version. It's narrated by a murdered young girl, Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan), as she flits between limbo and the real world, helplessly watching her grieving family and her uncaught killer, George Harvey (a terrifyingly mundane Stanley Tucci), who is now targeting her sister. Perhaps for reasons of taste, the murder is not dwelt upon but this diminishes the impact of what follows; it even seems Susie is better off dead in her fantasy afterlife and that can't be right, can it?...
DVD & Blu-Ray, Paramount
It shouldn't matter if a film adaptation of a book fails to follow its source material to the letter – providing, of course, that it delivers a strong enough tale. Even if you haven't read Alice Sebold's novel, with its longer timescale and darker details, it's hard not to feel some important elements are skimmed over or even omitted in Peter Jackson's film version. It's narrated by a murdered young girl, Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan), as she flits between limbo and the real world, helplessly watching her grieving family and her uncaught killer, George Harvey (a terrifyingly mundane Stanley Tucci), who is now targeting her sister. Perhaps for reasons of taste, the murder is not dwelt upon but this diminishes the impact of what follows; it even seems Susie is better off dead in her fantasy afterlife and that can't be right, can it?...
- 6/25/2010
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Hollywood and Broadway star whose family life inspired the musical Gypsy
Those who know the gorgeously gaudy Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical Gypsy (1959) will remember the refrain of "my name is June, what's yours?" addressed to the audience by the curly-haired child performer. "Baby" June was based on June Havoc, who has died aged 97, and the show was inspired by her early days in Us vaudeville with her "monstrous" stage mother and older sister Rose Louise, who became Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous stripper.
"I think Gypsy was one of the most smashing shows I've seen in my life," Havoc once told me. "But very little to do with fact. My mother was not such a monster. Few parents who had a child who, at the age of two, stood on her toes and danced every time she heard music, could resist putting her forward. Particularly if the child was happy doing it.
Those who know the gorgeously gaudy Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical Gypsy (1959) will remember the refrain of "my name is June, what's yours?" addressed to the audience by the curly-haired child performer. "Baby" June was based on June Havoc, who has died aged 97, and the show was inspired by her early days in Us vaudeville with her "monstrous" stage mother and older sister Rose Louise, who became Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous stripper.
"I think Gypsy was one of the most smashing shows I've seen in my life," Havoc once told me. "But very little to do with fact. My mother was not such a monster. Few parents who had a child who, at the age of two, stood on her toes and danced every time she heard music, could resist putting her forward. Particularly if the child was happy doing it.
- 3/30/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Los Angeles - Oscar's campaign season officially ends on Tuesday evening, when ballots are due at Academy headquarters.But for Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman, producers of Sunday night's 82nd annual Academy Awards, the anxiety is just beginning. Although they've adopted the motto "expect the unexpected" to generate viewer interest in the broadcast, that doesn't mean they themselves want to be surprised.But Oscar shows rarely stick to the script.Weatherunderground.com predicts a 40% chance of showers and a chilly red-carpet. World events also can intervene. That last happened in 2003, when the U.S. invaded Iraq five days before the show, and the Academy shut down the red carpet altogether.The real nightmare that haunts every Oscar producer is that the show itself turns into a globally broadcast pratfall.The 61st Academy Awards ceremony, held March 29, 1989, at the Shrine Auditorium, stands as the great object lesson."Rain Man" was named best picture,...
- 3/2/2010
- backstage.com
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